Twitter Sinks Roots in Seattle

Twitter has leased 16,000 square feet in Seattle’s 30-story Century Tower in what’s described as its “first major office presence in the Seattle market.” Although the micro-blogging site has had staff in the Emerald City since its April 2010 acquisition of Cloudhopper, it’s contended itself with leasing space near Pike Place Market from a flex-workspace provider.

If laid out in a fashion similar to other tech companies, the new office could provide space for 100 workers. The company hasn’t said how many workers it has in the city, though they reportedly include an engineering team. At the moment, the company lists only one open position in Seattle.

Though the area is home to a gaggle of tech companies, including Amazon, Facebook and Groupon – not to mention that behemoth in Redmond – they tend to take offices outside the city core. That could be changing.